"Powder" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 miàn zi (medicinal) powder
 xì fěn powder
 shā granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
 mò zi powder / dust
 mò tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man
 dān red / pellet / powder / cinnabar
 fěn powder / cosmetic face powder / food prepared from starch / noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour / to turn to powder / (dialect) to whitewash / white / pink / (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]) / to be a fan of
 mò r powder / puree
 bǎo dé hé xiàn Powder
 fěn mò fine powder / dust
 hóng fěn rouge and powder / (fig.) the fair sex
 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter
 jì xíng delivery mechanism of a medicine (e.g. pill, powder etc)
 xǐ yī fěn laundry detergent / washing powder
 huǒ qiāng firearms (in historical context) / flintlock (old powder and shot firearm)
 fěn bǐng pressed cosmetic powder (formed into a cake) / compact powder
 jī jīng chicken bouillon powder (PRC) / essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a tonic (Tw)
 bái fěn face powder / chalk powder / heroin
 gān fěn dry powder
 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner / cosmetics / (fig.) beautiful woman
 xiāng fěn face powder / talcum powder
 sǎn fěn loose powder (makeup)
 fěn hé (cosmetics) powder box / compact
 fěn pū powder puff (cosmetics)
 huà zhuāng shì dressing room / powder room / (Tw) toilets
 sǎn jì powder medicine
 kě kě fěn cocoa powder
 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces
 shuǎng shēn fěn baby powder / talcum powder
 huǒ yào tǒng powder keg
 mián bái táng sugar powder
 gā lí fěn curry powder
 hēi huǒ yào black powder
 yá fěn tooth powder
 pào dǎ fěn baking powder
 dú nǎi fěn poisoned milk powder / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk powder adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4]
 fā fěn baking powder
 shuāng frost / white powder or cream spread over a surface / frosting / (skin) cream
 cuō to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch / Taiwan pr. [cuo4]
 ǎn to apply (medicinal powder to a wound) / to cover up / to conceal
 suì mò flecks / particles / bits / fine powder
 jīn jī nà shuāng quinine powder
 féi zào fěn washing powder
 wǔ líng sǎn wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM) / poria five powder / Hoelen five powder / five ling powder
 wǔ xiāng fěn five-spice powder
 Hǎo lì kè Horlicks (malt-flavored powder used to make a hot drink)
 mǒ chá green tea powder (Japanese: matcha)
 fū fěn to sprinkle powder / a dusting
 mò chá tea powder (matcha)
 mǔ rǔ dài substitute for mother's milk / milk powder
 xǐ fà fěn shampoo powder
 bèi fěn baking powder
 shēng fěn cornflour / starch powder (cooking)
 shí fěn talcum powder
 hóng là jiāo fěn red pepper powder / paprika
 měi lù Nestlé / Milo (chocolate-flavored powder added to milk or water)
 qiàn fěn cornstarch / powder made from Gorgon fruit
 huā huáng yellow flower (cosmetic powder used on women's forehead in former times)
 chá yè mò r tea leaves powder
 zhū xiě gāo pig's blood cake, popular as a snack in Taiwan, made from glutinous rice and pig's blood, typically coated in peanut powder and coriander and served with dipping sauces
 jí shì fěn custard powder
 rǔ bō small mortar used for grinding medicines into a powder (TCM)
湿 kě shī xìng fěn mò wettable powder
 xǐ dí fěn washing powder
 èr yǎng huà yóu fěn mò uranium oxide powder / oxide powder / powdered uranium
  propellant powder
  powder waste
  mechanical powder dispenser
 bā èr dān eight-to-two powder (TCM)
 guà bāo popular Taiwan snack, similar to a hamburger, steamed bun stuffed with pork, pickled vegetables, peanut powder and cilantro
 suì zuàn small diamonds / melee (small diamonds used in embellishing mountings for larger gems) / splints (sharp-pointed diamond splinters) / clatersal (small diamond splints from which diamond powder is produced by crushing)
 zhí zhī mò non-dairy creamer powder
 zāng zāng bāo pastry bun filled with chocolate and covered with cocoa powder
 zhū jīng pork bouillon powder / (neologism) (slang) a person who, like a pig, is fat and ugly and given to histrionics
 yàn cài jīng agar-agar powder
 jí shì cheese (loanword) / custard powder / (literary) man (laudatory) / person of virtue
 léi chá "leicha", a beverage or gruel made from tea leaves, roasted peanuts and herbs etc ground into a powder, traditionally consumed by Hakka people and in the north of Hunan province
 měi fěn magnesium powder (used in pyrotechnics etc) / (sports) gym chalk (magnesium carbonate), used as a drying agent on the hands of gymnasts, weight lifters etc
 fěn rǎn (ornithology) powder down
 nèn ròu fěn meat tenderizer powder
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